Livestock & Range

Last week the Backcountry Horsemen of California had their Rendezvous at the Paso Robles Event Center. It was a wonderful event with great people and fun activities.

The Pajaro Compass Network is hosting their Spring meeting at the Gabilan Ranch (Rancho Cienega del Gabilan) April 25th from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm (lunch provided). The 11,000-acre cattle ranch in San Juan Bautista is featured as a Pajaro Compass Case Study.

Come to a joint meeting of the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition and the California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management. The meeting is titled: Conservation Easments to Keep Ranches Working.

What is Range Camp: Range Camp is a week-long summer camp that provides high school students an opportunity to learn about rangeland ecology and management, and livestock management.

Maurice Pitesky is a UC Cooperative Extension Specialist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine with a focus in poultry health and food safety epidemiology. He is working on a study looking at various contaminants (lead, PCBs etc.) in eggs from certain regions of CA.